Stefan Kaufmann is both lucky and unlucky. His luck is to be a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, situated close to the Luisenstrasse, where in 1880 Robert...
That music can be a countercultural and subversive force is clear and well documented. Genres including folk, jazz, punk, rap and dancehall have all been subject to regulation and state attention,...
The story of medieval Spain cannot be neatly delineated along religious lines, says Jill Ross
The title of Lindiwe Dovey's first monograph promises more than it can possibly deliver. This is not a synoptic study of African film or African literature, but a series of cogently focused case...
Alison Assiter's new work on Soren Kierkegaard and moral theory is a fine attempt at providing a fresh way of thinking about ethics and human rights without completely abandoning the framework that...
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE- Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of AnolesBy Jonathan B. Losos, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, Harvard University. University of...
Academics should take the lead when it comes to cutting aviation-related carbon, say Jens Rolff and David Sedley
Being a badly dressed academic is nothing to be ashamed of, says Peter J. Smith. An undressed professor, however, is a step too far
Libraries cater for small audiences but are giving a valuable service, writes Matthew Reisz
Students may be exaggerating the negative effects of term-time paid employment in order to avoid involvement in other activities, researchers at Edge Hill University suggest.The debate about term-...
Tribunal says management were unreasonable and probation periods too long, writes Melanie Newman
Funding warningReductions due in 2010-11Universities in Wales have been assured that their funding for 2009-10 will not change, but warned to expect less money in 2010-11. The Higher Education...
Grove House, a Grade II listed building that forms part of Roehampton University's Froebel College, stands on the site of Roehampton Great House.This was built under Charles I, in about 1625, for Sir...
Analysis reveals positive impact of money amid calls for clarity about the future. Zoë Corbyn reports
An international exchange scheme helps university leaders face their challenges. Hannah Fearn writes